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☆ I took a luxurious sightseeing train in Japan for just $12. The stunning views weren't even the best part.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Anna Staropoli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I paid $12 to take a luxurious sightseeing train in Japan from Nara to Kyoto. Because I was traveling solo, I had to purchase two twin seats, sold as a pair. The train had comfortable plush chairs, a café, a reading nook, and a bidet in the bathroom. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The Kintetsu Railway's Sightseeing Limited Express "Aoniyoshi" train connects Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto and makes train travel stylish and convenient.

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☆ Katy Perry's new song 'Woman's World' isn't as bad as we feared. It's worse.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Listening to the album's lead single, "Woman's World," I have to assume it's a portal to the past. In the music video for "Woman's World," Perry's visuals are clearly meant to be tongue-in-cheek. Five people are credited as songwriters for "What Makes a Woman," but none overlap with the six writers credited for "Woman's World." She wanted Dr. Luke and all the baggage he brings; all four other songwriters on "Woman's World" are Dr. Luke collaborators or signees. Perry's 'Woman's World' proves she's stuck in a sound of the pastSurely Perry knew she'd face backlash — and for what?

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☆ My boss tried to trick me into staying at a job I hated. I interviewed behind her back and landed my dream role.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Jennifer Sizeland | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

However, after a few months, my excitement turned to frustration when I realized my job wasn't going anywhere. When they were around, their conversations were generally irrelevant to my role, and I certainly couldn't afford the expensive bars they frequented. As this was only revealed in the last weeks of my job, it imperiled my plan to leave and feel normal again. I now know that people leave jobs and move around all the time for reasons similar to mine. It should never feel personal to leave a job, nor should anyone have to spend so much time in an environment where they feel unhappy.

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☆ Ellen DeGeneres said she's 'done' with fame after her upcoming Netflix special. Here's a complete timeline of the backlash she's faced since 2020.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +32 min

Read previewThe talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has long been considered a beloved celebrity for her friendly and funny public demeanor. "Maybe I'm being naive, but I expected them to welcome me with confetti: Welcome to 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'!" Next thing we know, we literally hear Steve Jobs pick up and say, 'Hi, Ellen' … Ellen told him the iPhone should have a bigger font," the producer said. I have been getting calls asking me about the Ellen Degeneres Show and I would like to address the time I spent there. AdvertisementPaytas appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in 2010 when she was 22 years old to showcase her speed-reading talent during an audience talent segment.

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☆ This couple built a travel company for Americans who want to leave the U.S.—then they did it themselves
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Barnett says the amount of research she and Andrews poured into their relocation project prompted them to start their own travel company, Expatsi, to help other Americans explore their options to move abroad. Launching a travel company for American expatsBarnett and Andrews went back to basics to figure out what city to live in. In March 2024, Barnett and Andrews led a group of 30 Americans around Portugal for 10 days and Spain for 12 on their inaugural Expatsi scouting trip. Americans who dream of moving abroad are getting help from travel companies like Expatsi, which offers scouting trips to international cities. So far, Expatsi travelers have mostly been women ranging in age from 22 to 80 with a cluster around 40 to 65, Barnett says.

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☆ Here's the deflation breakdown for June 2024 — in one chart
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Physical goods have accounted for much of the deflation over the past year, according to economists. Outside of supply-demand dynamics, the U.S. dollar's strength relative to other global currencies has also helped rein in prices for goods, economists said. However, a shift toward higher tariffs and less free trade could serve to push up goods prices "quite significantly," she added. Why there's been deflation for food, travel, electronicsPrices have also declined for items including food, travel and electronics. Travelers have seen deflation for airline fares (prices are down 5.1% annually) amid factors like an increased volume of available seats.

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☆ A FIRE couple who retired early at 29 and visited every national park and state share their favorites — and the ones to skip
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewSteven and Lauren Keys, now 33 and 34, retired at 29 and have visited every state and national park — managing to grow their wealth while doing so. They've explored much of the country, deciding their favorite national parks are in California and Alaska — while their least favorite are in the Midwest. "We've been to Yosemite a couple of times, and there are areas where you're sitting in traffic literally in a national park for an extra 45 minutes." About 41% of the total cost of attending all national parks came from traveling to Alaska, Hawaii, and other American territories. Their least favorite national park was Hot Springs in Arkansas, which was the first national park they visited.

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☆ Biden's allies are pushing old stories about Trump's connections with Jeffrey Epstein
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

On social media — and even in the halls of Congress — certain Biden supporters are using Donald Trump's associations with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein as an argument to disqualify him. Discourse about Trump and Epstein was reignited after documents from Epstein's first Florida investigation in 2006 were released last week. Other Biden boosters have suggested a coordinated media cover-up to boost Trump's chances or doom Biden's. Related storiesMedia outlets haven't reported on Trump's connection to the new Epstein files because there isn't one. What we know about Trump's relationship with EpsteinTrump has appeared in previous unsealed and uncovered documents connected to the Epstein case.

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☆ One of Wall Street's most bullish firms shares 8 overlooked growth stocks with up to 131% upside to buy before a long-awaited breakout
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Shares of small- and midsize companies, or "SMID caps" for short, have lagged behind their large-cap peers in recent years, including 2024. Large caps may lead for a while longer, Oppenheimer researchers wrote in a July 9 note. AdvertisementOppenheimerHowever, SMID caps have quietly but consistently built momentum throughout this year, even though they haven't broken out yet. "Each of these unconfirmed averages are maintaining above prior breakout levels and their 200-day average," Oppenheimer researchers wrote. Within SMID caps, Oppenheimer is especially bullish on midsize growth stocks.

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☆ I quit my day job at 29 by investing in real estate. I'm now a stay-at-home dad building generational wealth for my kids.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Matt Krueger, 30, about building income from rental properties in Des Moines, Iowa. Related storiesBetween 2017 and 2021, our rental income averaged $1,200 to $1,500 monthly, taking into account money set aside for mortgage payments. I was inspired to try short-term rentals and quit my day job in 2022One day, I listened to a podcast about short-term rentals and Airbnb. AdvertisementOne downside of short-term rentals is the increased adminIn 2023, we made around $97,000 in revenue from long-term rentals and around $143,000 from two short-term rentals. In May this year, we opened our third short-term rental, hoping to increase our revenue even further.

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☆ Read Intuit CEO's message announcing over 1,000 layoffs due to performance — but the company is hiring 1,800 in areas like AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Intuit's CEO wrote in an email to staff that 1,050 of 1,800 cut employees didn't meet expectations. The company is moving forward with a reorganization plan to focus on "key growth areas" like AI. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . "We've significantly raised the bar on our expectations of employee performance," the CEO wrote in the email included in an SEC filing. CEO Sasan Goodarzi added in the email that the company believes the staff would find more success elsewhere, the report said.

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☆ I tried both Botox and face tape for my forehead lines. Neither is perfect, but one feels better in the long run.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Within less than a week, my forehead was completely smooth, and I got more compliments on how amazing my skin looked. My forehead would stay smooth shortly after I'd remove them, but revert back a little later in the day. I also had to be consistent: it took about a week of wearing them every night for my forehead to smooth out. Face-taping gives me more of a natural lookWhile Botox had stronger effects than face-taping, I didn't necessarily love it. I never had anything against forehead lines or visible signs of aging.

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☆ High inflation is largely not Biden's or Trump's fault, economists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The Federal Reserve, which acts independently from the Oval Office, was slow to act to contain hot inflation, for example. That Biden is seen as stoking high inflation is due somewhat to optics: he took office in early 2021, around the time inflation spiked notably, economists said. "In my view, neither Trump nor Biden is to blame for the high inflation," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics. At a high level, hot inflation is largely an issue of mismatched supply and demand. For example, Trump imposed tariffs on imported steel, aluminum and several goods from China, which Biden largely kept intact.

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☆ Meet the retirees driving for Uber and Lyft because Social Security isn't enough
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementSome recently started driving for Uber and Lyft to earn extra income and have something to do. AdvertisementHaving something to do in retirementSome drivers like Glenn Mueller, 75, said Uber driving gives him something to do in his retirement. Others like Bob Milosavljević, 72, rely on driving income to supplement his Social Security income. Now, Petrie, who lives in Anderson, South Carolina, said he gets $1,780 in Social Security, which isn't enough to cover all his expenses. He retired 11 years ago in Southwest Florida and started driving for Uber and Lyft in 2017 to supplement his Social Security.

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☆ A former OpenAI safety employee said he quit because the company's leaders were 'building the Titanic' and wanted 'newer, shinier' things to sell
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewA former safety employee at OpenAI said the company is following in the footsteps of White Star Line, the company that built the Titanic. Was the path that OpenAI was on more like the Apollo program or more like the Titanic?" Apollo vs TitanicAs Saunders spent more time at OpenAI, he felt leaders were making decisions more akin to "building the Titanic, prioritizing getting out newer, shinier products." OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider. Meanwhile, OpenAI cofounder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, who led the firm's superalignment division, resigned later that month.

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☆ NASA astronauts describe flight aboard Boeing's glitching, leaking Starliner spaceship
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewNASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have been on the International Space Station way longer than they'd planned. The duo flew into space aboard Boeing's Starliner spaceship, testing it out as its first-ever human passengers, on June 5. Boeing's Starliner spaceship, which Williams and Wilmore flew on, docked to the space station 262 miles above Egypt. Still, when it came time to dock to the space station, where there were only a few inches of room for error, the spaceship did the job. It's been flying people to and from the space station ever since.

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☆ I had a baby during my senior year of college. My friends helped raise my daughter so I could graduate and continue working.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Lauren Crosmedlicott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

During my senior year of college, my husband, who I married in my freshman year, and I found out we were expecting a baby. I felt like there was this stigma that once you have a baby, your life would be over. Our friends became our support systemAlready living in a two-bedroom house, we spent my pregnancy preparing for a new baby. My husband would come back from school, and I would work all afternoon while he had the baby. I wouldn't have been able to raise Hinami without this village of friends around us.

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☆ Unprotected at the margins of the rental market
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Cecilia Reyes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +31 min

Officers interviewed two motel residents who called 911; they said they did not want to leave their homes. Alyssa Pointer for Business InsiderIn Georgia, an eviction requires a court order, but the law doesn't explicitly make lockouts illegal. In this case, an officer classified the incident as a "crime against property" — a crime committed by the residents themselves. In unincorporated Clark County, where the property is located, operating a short-term rental without a license is illegal. Matthew Main is an attorney who has represented residents in similarly precarious housing situations in New York City, where state law also grants residents tenants' rights after 30 days.

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☆ Meet a boomer with no retirement savings — and no regrets
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

More older Americans are heading toward retirement with little to no savings, and the situation is increasingly income-stratified. An AARP survey found that just around a fifth of American adults 50 and older have no retirement savings. AdvertisementAt the same time, there's a growing income disparity between retirement savings. And, except for the richest Americans, retirement balances didn't have any "detectable differences" during that same period — suggesting that only the highest-earning retirees were saving up more. Are you struggling with retirement savings or don't have enough money saved?

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☆ I'm a mom of a child with autism, and I'm done with gentle parenting
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Sara Rowe Mount | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I was raised with a style of parenting that leaned more toward authoritarian. That's why respectful and empathic gentle parenting that acknowledged a child's feelings had a real appeal to me. I looked into gentle parentingEarly in my daughter's life, I started following gentle parenting influencers. These days, I'm not sure what label I'd put on my parenting style, perhaps mostly authoritative, a parenting style that is more focused on being responsive and supportive while still setting boundaries. I am done with following gentle parenting experts and taking their advice on how to parent my child, though.

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☆ Zillow Gone Wild Is Making Weird Houses Popular and Easier to Sell
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Michelle Mastro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

While most people follow Zillow Gone Wild to gawk at the weird and bizarre features of other people's homes, some are looking to buy. And with Zillow Gone Wild and a host of other real-estate influencer accounts, a wild home is now easy to find. At the end of April, Leyendecker had a listing in Plymouth, Minnesota, posted on Zillow Gone Wild. Her guests are always amused to discover the home was listed on Zillow Gone Wild. "My husband was a little bit more reserved and nervous about sharing that the house was from Zillow Gone Wild.

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☆ Elon Musk just dodged a $500 million bullet
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewElon Musk and his company X, formerly Twitter, just got out of a $500 million in severance pay lawsuit for now, according to a Tuesday court ruling. They argued the company failed to properly compensate over 6,000 laid-off employees under rules set by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The judge noted in her ruling that the company told employees after Musk took over that laid-off employees would get cash payouts. AdvertisementThe company told employees after Musk took over that laid-off employees would get cash payouts, according to the ruling. Several lawsuits have been filed regarding Musk's takeover of X and insufficient severance pay awarded to laid-off employees — and they're ongoing.

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☆ Passengers got into an argument so heated about switching seats that their Ryanair flight had to turn back after just a few minutes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Ryanair flight turned around soon after takeoff after an argument escalated. One passenger told The Sun that a man had asked to switch seats to sit with his family. AdvertisementA Ryanair flight had to turn around after an argument broke out soon after takeoff. "We were only in the air for 36 minutes before we had to do an unexpected landing," an unnamed passenger told The Sun. AdvertisementAnother passenger fell ill during the flight, a Ryanair spokesperson said in a statement shared with Business Insider.

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☆ Biden's doctor says 8 White House visits by Parkinson's expert were for routine military staff neurology clinics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The New York Times reported that an expert on Parkinson's disease regularly visited the White House. In a Monday letter, Joe Biden's physician said the expert's visits weren't for the president. Dr. Kevin Cannard hosted neurology clinics for active-duty White House staff, per Biden's doctor. AdvertisementIn a letter released late Monday, Joe Biden's physician said the reason a Parkinson's expert visited the White House monthly was to host routine neurology clinics for active-duty staff. Kevin O'Connor, Biden's physician, wrote the letter to address reporting by The New York Times about the repeated visits by Dr. Kevin Cannard, a neurologist specializing in movement disorders.

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☆ Joe Arden's voice made him the hottest narrator in romance. Then, a sexting scandal turned BookTok against him.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Anna Merlan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

But there's no denying that a large number of people, mostly women, found Joe Arden's voice to be exceedingly hot: smooth, insistent, husky, occasionally dropping to a seductive growl. Arden's voice made him one of the most popular romance audiobook narrators of his generation. Last year, a promising new romance author reached out to Blue Nose Audio and received a reply from Joe Arden. "My working name of 'Joe Arden,' has always been just that, a professional persona that labeled my career," he added. For good measure, they dug up Cronin's abandoned trademark application for the Joe Arden moniker, first filed in 2020.

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